A Dance in the Country
$63.00
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- 380g/m² cotton canvas — certified museum quality
- Solid wood stretcher bar with 0.75” gallery wrap
- HD Giclée print — colour-true to the original
- Ready to hang — hanging hardware included
A Dance in the Country, painted around 1755 by Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, captures the playful spectacle of the Italian comic theater transposed into a rustic outdoor setting. Fashionably dressed figures mingle with stock characters of the commedia dell'arte, including the jaunty Mezzetin at center and the masked, hunched silhouette of Punchinello, creating a scene that blurs the line between staged performance and genuine village festivity.
The son of the great Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Giovanni Domenico developed his own distinctive voice within the family workshop, favoring intimate genre scenes charged with wit and gentle satire over his father's soaring religious and mythological grandeur. His lively, sketch-like brushwork and warm, sun-dappled palette capture the frivolity of Venetian Rococo entertainment with an affectionate, almost theatrical charm.
Held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this museum-quality stretched canvas reproduction is printed on premium matte canvas and hand-wrapped around a solid 0.75-inch gallery wrap frame — ready to hang and built to last.
| Artist | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo |
| Year | ca. 1755 |
| Medium | Oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 29 3/4 x 47 1/4 in. (75.6 x 120 cm) |
| Collection | The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Movement | Rococo |
